There's no magic about .357 mag that makes it a round sprinkled with unicorn magic dust. The j-frame makes a great pocket gun, more powerful cartridges can benefit from the strength of a revolver, but if it comes down to glock 19 or revolver for personal defense, the glock should win every time.

There's no magic about .357 mag that makes it a round sprinkled with unicorn magic dust. The j-frame makes a great pocket gun, more powerful cartridges can benefit from the strength of a revolver, but if it comes down to glock 19 or revolver for personal defense, the glock should win every time.

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Picking a glock or a revolver for SD is a personal preference. A few rounds of .357 or 9MM will both stop someone.

it means the end doesn't flare out past the walls of the cartridge. So there's nothing to catch the round when you put it in a cylinder. They require moon clips to hold the cartridge in the cylinder (which are pretty cool anyway).

it means the end doesn't flare out past the walls of the cartridge. So there's nothing to catch the round when you put it in a cylinder. They require moon clips to hold the cartridge in the cylinder (which are pretty cool anyway).

Besides the slight reliability advantage and being much more tolerant to load and bullet type (when was the last time a revolver would properly chamber with FMJ but not HP) revolvers have an advantage over even DA semis if a round fails to fire a revolver will give you a fresh round and not just the ability to hope it was a weak primer strike.